on the other side of the mountains, in Hov, but there too they made little progress, and when the work there also stopped in 1953 they had only made it a short way from the village. Three years later they started to work again on both sides of the Øravík-Hov road. This time they were around 70 men on the northern side and around 60 men on the southern side. On 1 October 1958 the road was finally opened. 49 years after the opening of the road between Øravík and Hov, which was a very big progress back then, a tunnel was opened between the same two villages. The tunnel, Hovstunnilin, was opened on 20 October 2007. Data Population: 42 in Øravík and 70 in Øravíkarlíð Gallery See also List of towns in the Faroe Islands Suðuroy References External links Faroe Islands Tourist Information Center in Suðuroy Oravik.com, Hotel Øravík. Populated places in the Faroe Islands Populated coastal places in the Faroe Islands Suðuroy